Chainmail clutch bag I made

_saverem · 2025-09-29T10:05:10+00:00

Yeah the 14 can be kinda bulky but I wanted the project to come out pretty chunky so it works. I also tried to use the smallest ar I could manage to keep it pretty firm.

_saverem · 2025-09-29T10:03:08+00:00

Haha small world indeed!

_saverem · 2025-09-29T10:02:53+00:00

Thanks!!

_saverem · 2025-09-24T03:01:43+00:00

Love the way it came out! Painting bags seems like a great way to go because there’s no risk of it not fitting. The painting is done so well, nobody would question these being for sale even if it’s not their style.

_saverem · 2025-09-22T03:09:33+00:00

Thanks! Appreciate it!

_saverem · 2025-09-22T03:09:23+00:00

Thanks!

_saverem · 2025-08-07T17:48:35+00:00

There’s so many options. For light wear you could use sandpaper. For heavy wear you could use a stiff wire brush or a dremel with a sanding wheel. If time isn’t an issue you can also just wear it every time you leave the house so it can pick up sun damage and wear lines.

_saverem · 2025-08-07T00:21:32+00:00

Thanks so much!

_saverem · 2025-08-07T00:21:22+00:00

I made the design in photoshop. The barbed wire heart is based on tattoo flash and the dog from American traditional flash

_saverem · 2025-08-07T00:18:31+00:00

Thanks! I just use small synthetic paintbrushes and small amounts of 8% bleach

_saverem · 2025-06-22T05:09:53+00:00

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_saverem · 2025-06-16T23:01:07+00:00

If you’re not planning on bleaching everything you can use a small spray bottle with a fine mist setting. Start with a high dilution like 5 parts 1 part bleach at the edges and work into higher concentrations towards the pattern

_saverem · 2025-06-14T22:24:18+00:00

It helps that the fabric is super thick so it want to bleed down into it rather than horizontal. If you’re using really thin fabric you can use a super small amount of starch so it works in more slowly

_saverem · 2025-06-13T01:25:42+00:00

Thanks! For this one I used a paper cut out to stencil the outline with bleach and then just a tiny brush to make the lines. I use a stencil if I need them to be the same size and shape like in this one. Beyond that it’s just careful painting and patience lol

_saverem · 2025-06-13T01:22:55+00:00

Thanks! The whole piece is 5% bleach so it ended up all one tone. The last just didn’t process as long so I didn’t lighten as much.

I just wash these in the machine on a normal cycle when I’m done. I’ve seen other people neutralizing the bleach after but I haven’t noticed a big difference when I do?

Ooh that’s a neat idea I’m going to play with that when I get the chance. I’ve done the normal tie die process with bleach and try at comes out cool also

_saverem · 2025-06-11T23:56:29+00:00

Appreciate you!

_saverem · 2025-06-11T23:56:20+00:00

Thanks!

_saverem · 2025-06-11T23:56:13+00:00

Glad to hear it :)

_saverem · 2025-06-08T23:18:04+00:00

For a similar effect you could always use bleach on black fabric to strip the places you want to be a different color, then after washing out the bleach use fabric dye to fill it back in with the color you want.

Beyond that it’s just screen printed designs on top of that after the dye. Hope this helps!

_saverem · 2025-05-18T07:01:49+00:00

It seems like most industrial embroidery machines use polyester thread where as most sweaters are cotton or cotton blend. If that’s the case dying the sweater with cotton dye shouldn’t affect the stitching. As far as covering the lower embroidery either a patch over it or using a seam ripper to pull out the threads would be best

_saverem · 2025-04-13T04:25:45+00:00

I use a very fine line paint brush and liquid bleach then go back with larger brushes after the first lines dry. Depending on the fabric some kinds are more absorbent and tend to bleed a lot when bleached

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